Donald Fagen – On The Dunes chords

On The Dunes

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f#3 f e      e4 e    e e   a        db5   b4   
      Cmaj9               Gb7+9+5   Gbm7  Abm/Db

 b3   c#4     e      f#     
Em7   F#m7   Em/A   Dmaj9


g4      e e    e e   a         db5   b4   
Cmaj9                Gb7+9+5   Gbm7  Abm/Db

 b3   c#4     e      f#     
Em7   F#m7   Em/A   Dmaj9

a5.......    f#4 f#
Cmaj13       A13-9-5

Dmaj7       Drive along the sea

             G9Far from the city's twitch and smoke

f#4         e
Bm7        Abmaj7+5/BbTo a misty beach

                 e4             eb         f
                Am7addD       Ab7-5     Ab13-5That's where my life became a joke

         e4       d     f         f
        G13sus4   G7    G13sus4  G7/DOn the dunes

       Bm7On the dunes
                       d4       e       g 
    Am7   Am7/D       D/G    Db7+9   Gb7-9(Became a joke on the dunes)

                    d5 b f#
                Bm7      E9Where rents are high


             A7+5     And seabirds cry

         e4       d      f          a     g     f#
        E/D      F13    Bbmaj7    F/Eb  Eb/A  Dmaj7On the dunes


As you spoke you must have known

         G9It was a kind of homicide

  Bm7                  Abmaj7+5/Bb  I stood and watched my happiness

      Am7addD           Ab7-5   Ab13-5Drift outwards with the tide

         e4       d   f          f
       G13sus4   G7   G13sus4    G7/DOn the dunes

       Bm7On the dunes
                   d4      e       g
 Am7  Am7/D       Gmaj9    Db7+9  Gb7-9(Homi cide on the dunes)

                 g2 f# e
           Bm7         E9           It wasn't fair

                 A7+5     It's brutal there

        Dmaj9   Bbmaj7+5/C  D6On the dunes

D13    Pretty boats

D7                 D7/F#   D/EbSweeping along the shore

  d4    e                      f#      g  f    f#    e
 Gmaj7  G6                   Gmaj7    G13 F#13 F13 E13            In the faltering light

       F#m7sus4   
Pretty women

            Gm(maj7-5)         E7sus4/B  With their lovers      by their side

     E13-9     Gmaj9/A     A13It's like an   awful dream

            Em7sus4    D/G   G/A    A13-9-5     I have most every      night

       Dmaj9In the summer all the swells


            G9  Join in the search for sun and sand

    Bm7            Abmaj7+5/Bb  For me it's just a joyless place

           Am7addD    Am7/D  Where this loneliness began

                  e4        d     f        f
  Ab13-5          G13sus4   G7    G13sus4  G7/DO-o-on    the     dunes

       Bm7On the dunes

 Am7    Am7/D       Gmaj9    Db7+9   Gb7-9+5(Loneli ness on the dunes)

              Bm9   I'm pretty tough

E9                 A7+5   But the wind is rough

       Dmaj9   Bbmaj7+5/C    Dmaj9/6On the dunes

D13    Pretty boats

D7                 D7/F#   D/EbSweeping along the shore

  d4    e                      f#      g  f    f#    e
 Gmaj7  G6                   Gmaj7    G13 F#13 F13 E13            In the faltering light

       F#m7sus4   
Pretty women

            Gm(maj7-5)         E7sus4/B  With their lovers      by their side

     E13-9     Gmaj9/A     A13It's like an   awful dream

            Em7sus4    D/G   G/A    A13-9-5     I have most every      night

       Dmaj9In the summer all the swells

            G9  Join in the search for sun and sand

    Bm7            Abmaj7+5/Bb  For me it's just a joyless place

           Am7addD    Am7/D  Where this loneliness began

           e4        d     f        f
  Ab13-5   G13sus4   G7  G13sus4  G7/DOn    the  dunes          aah ha

       Bm7On the dunes

 Am7    D9          Gmaj9    Db7+9   Gb7-9+5(Loneli ness on the dunes)

          Bm7  pretty tough

E9                 A7+5   But the wind is rough

       Dmaj9   Bbmaj7+5/C    Dmaj9/6On the dunes              ohh on the dunes

f#3 f e      e4 e    e e   a        db5   b4   
      Cmaj9               Gb7+9+5   Gbm7  Abm/Db

 b3   c#4     e      f#     
Em7   F#m7   Em/A   Dmaj9


g4      e e    e e   a         db5   b4   
Cmaj9                Gb7+9+5   Gbm7  Abm/Db

 b3   c#4     e      f#     
Em7   F#m7   Em/A   Dmaj9